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Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” Genesis 4:9 In blogging about something that happened several years ago – my addiction and subsequent disaster – it’s easy to refer to my flaws in past tense only. The problem with this…
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If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it. Genesis 4:7 A couple of months back, our garage door was left open one day, allowing in a chipmunk. Once in,…
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. Genesis 6:4 Usually, those who attend a faith-based recovery meeting, whether in jail or at the coffee shop, are there for the right reasons. They…
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Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died. Genesis 5:5 I’ve often said that I’m thankful for the miserable consequences of my addiction. Without consequences, I’d still be enslaved. What if I’d have never found recovery though? What if I got to the end of my days only to find…
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And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.” . . . At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD.  Genesis 4:25-26 When I was just…
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Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” Genesis 4:13-14 I’d love to say…
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And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. Genesis 4:11-12 When we were kids, my family took…
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And the LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground. Genesis 4:10 When our dog was a puppy, he chewed on a couple of shoes, but he’s always been sensitive to reprimand and he’s been easy to train, so since then he’s not been…
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Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”  Genesis 4:9 Whenever I see a video of an intoxicated individual resisting arrest, I’m always a little shocked. I grew up respecting law enforcement. If I got pulled over, it was because I…
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Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. Genesis 4:8 I got angry at work recently. It was a slow day, and I was trying to leave a few minutes early for the only haircut appointment that I could get…
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